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Michael Collins wrote a load of love letters to Kitty Kiernan, who had numerous historical heartthrobs fighting over her.

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“Ever since I have heard about You, my Lord, I have become completely attracted to You. Without fail please come before my marriage to Śiśupāla and take me away. In accordance with family custom, on the day before my marriage I will visit the temple of goddess Ambikā. That would be the best opportunity for You to appear and easily kidnap me. If You do not show me this favor, I will give up my life by fasting and observing severe vows. Then perhaps in my next life I will be able to obtain You.”

Regarded by some as the first love letter in history, Rukmini's letter to Kṛṣṇa begs him to rescue her before her arranged marriage and tells him where she'll be.

Oscar Wilde’s Stirring Love Letters to Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas “It is a marvel that those red rose-leaf lips of yours should be made no less for the madness of music and song than for the madness of kissing.”

"My dearest boy,

This is to assure you of my immortal, my eternal love for you. Tomorrow all will be over".

No surprise that Oscar Wilde could write a love letter.

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Dev's days of sensual longing For £1 million, then. Which well-known Irish person wrote the following to his partner in 1911: "I need a kiss, urgently..

"I need a kiss, urgently . . . I want to press my wife to my heart, but we are 150 miles apart. Darling, do you think of me at all? - can you sleep without those long limbs wrapped around you?"

From Éamon De Valera's love letters to Sinéad.
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FROM JAMES CONNOLLY TO MISS LILLIE REYNOLDS (Undated) This is a love letter, this is a letter written by me Jim, to the nicest girl between here and anywhere, to tell her that all her mistakes, her wilfulness, her troublesomeness, only make me love her the more, and make me more than ever determined to have the possession of such a delightful bundle of contradict- ions all to myself. You make things worse, indeed, the very idea is rank heresy. Why if I was ever so miserable the thought of having such a wife e to come home to, a wife whom I love with all my heart and soul, the thought would make me brave in the face of any difficulty, cheerful in the face of any misfortune. You know me too well, Lillie, I think, to ever I felt imagine, I could be angry with you for long. inclined that way the thought of your sweet face and your lovable ways would make me ashamed of myself. Hoping I shall ever remain rich in the continuance of your love and that we shall soon see the accomplishment of that event which shall join our hands as our hearts have long been joined. I remain, Yours lovingly, Jim.

A love letter from the revolutionary James Connolly to his best girl (and future wife) Lillie.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Prepositions before nouns
Create an urú.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
A regular verb in the past tense
Gets a séimhiú.

Two replies: Darach Ó Séaghdha “"Blind Date in Long Kesh" sounds like the name of a Martin McDonagh play.” Mícheál de Brún “And here's our Graham with a quick kneecap, sorry recap.”

These boys didn’t get the recognition they deserved

Maitiú 2:11 ASN1943 Agus ar dhul isteach san tigh dóibh, fuair siad an leanbh agus Muire, a mháthair, agus ag sléachtadh go talamh dóibh, thug siad adhradh dó: agus d'fhoscail siad a gcuid stór go dtug tiodhlaicthe dó, ór, túis, agus miorr.

Merriment aside, the Irish for gold, frankincense and myrrh is ór, túise agus miorr.

Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social for letting me write this piece about leaders and readers, and the occasional intersection of literature and politics on this island.

See, the Irish for butter is im...

Oh... All this time and I've been saying 'cad faoi-ery'.

The Irish for whataboutery is fadúdachas.

I choose to believe that it is very sassy of @tearma.bsky.social to select múscailte as the Irish for woke, mocking everyone's least favourite divorced Boer by linking his name to the worldview he hates.

A coincidence, I'm sure 😉

Taithníonn sé seo liom. 🌈

You knew who I was referring to though, didn't you?

I choose to believe that it is very sassy of @tearma.bsky.social to select múscailte as the Irish for woke, mocking everyone's least favourite divorced Boer by linking his name to the worldview he hates.

A coincidence, I'm sure 😉

I just might have to resurrect Humans of Shop Street, if only to give some of these names their moment in the sun...

Dearbhorgaill
Echmhílidh
Saoirbhreathach
Dubhchobhlaigh
Luighthighearn
Ólchobar (lover of drink)
Scandal (yep!)
Gormghiolla

Thanks to @lilliputpress.bsky.social for sending me this absolutely gorgeous leabhar on Irish names today. Some absolute stunning names in here.

A sign in Donegal. Abhainn na Marbh R. Owennamarve

Always wondered about this sign. Is it truly the Donegal Styx as the na would suggest or were there no fish when it was named so the river was dead?

On the 10th of March, 2015, Ireland legalised drugs for the day. More accurately, the day represented a gap between a court decision on the constitutionality of the 1977 Misuse of Drugs Act and the passing of workable replacement legislation.

But to answer your question: yes, it can be done.

The Irish for champagne is seaimpéin.

The Irish for dead is marbh.

Ambasáid na hÉireann | Ceanada Embassy of Ireland | Canada Ambassade d'Irlande | Canada

@theirishfor.bsky.social Today I learned the Irish for Canada!

The gang at @tearma.bsky.social have given us an Irish word for nepo baby!

I almost guessed it a few year back.

The Irish for the passive voice is an fhaí chéasta.

London friends!

Come and see me and some very illustrious speakers talk at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith on the 24th of May.

It'll be bleedin' deadly!

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I'd say "caimiléir" is very close but also to say that I'm 100% not talking about @theirishfor.bsky.social!!

I hope you're not suggesting that the account @unaminh.bsky.social is referring to is me!